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 hú pō lake
 hǎi zi (dialect) wetlands / lake
 hú lake / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]
 pō lake / Taiwan pr. [bo2]
 huáng dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll
 ào niè jiā hú Lake
 mǎ lā kāi bō hú Lake
 Běi hǎi Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City / the North Sea (Europe) / Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi / Bohai Sea / Lake Baikal
 xiōng yǒng to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc) / turbulent
 Tiān chí "heavenly lake", lake situated on a mountain / used as the name of numerous lakes, such as 長白山天池|长白山天池[Chang2 bai2 shan1 Tian1 chi2]
 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore
 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat &ndash / such as a lake &ndash / or sth that provides clarity and insight)
 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river)
 lā kè edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river)
 Lú gū Hú Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan
 Qiān dǎo Hú Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959
 Dòng tíng Hú Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province
 Duàn Qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)
 lā kè to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc) / to importune
 yóu yì (of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc
 Qīng hǎi Hú Qinghai Lake (Tibetan: mtsho-sngon)
 Tiān é Hú Swan Lake
 Yáo chí the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母
 Hú Qū Lake District, north England
 Diān chí lake Dianchi in Yunnan
 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape
 Pó yáng Hú Poyang Lake in Shangrao 上饒|上饶[Shang4 rao2], Jiangxi
 yán hú salt lake
 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu
 Er3 hǎi Erhai Lake
 Rì yuè tán Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan
 Bái yáng diàn Lake Baiyangdian
 Yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah
 Nà mù cuò Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet
 Léi fēng Tǎ Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake)
 dàn shuǐ hú freshwater lake
 Kā nà sī Hú Kanas Lake in Xinjiang
 Diàn shān Hú Dianshan Lake between Shanghai Municipality and Jiangsu Province
 Sài lǐ mù Hú Sayram Lake in Xinjiang
 Bó sī téng Hú Bosten Lake in Xinjiang
 xián shuǐ hú salt lake
 pāo puffed / swollen / spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces
 pó name of a lake
 Lǐ Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖 / surname Li
 jìng huā shuǐ yuè lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) / fig. an unrealistic rosy view / viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles / also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花
 hú bīn lake front
西 Xī hú Xihu or West lake (place name) / West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang / Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
 Yī lì Hú Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2]
 Bèi jiā ěr Hú Lake Baikal
 Xiū lún Hú Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2]
 yán tān salt flats / salt lake
 Cǎo hǎi Caohai Lake, Guizhou
 chí yán salt from a salt lake
 Luó bù bó Lop Nor, salt lake and nuclear testing site in Xinjiang
 Tài Hú Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes
 Yáng zhuó cuò Yamdroktso lake in central Tibet
 Hóng zé Hú Hongze Lake in Jiangsu province
 Kūn míng Hú Kunming Lake
 Lǐ shuǐ Lishui river in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖
 Sū bì lì ěr Hú Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2]
 Wéi duō lì yà Hú Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza, Kenya, on the White Nile
 Yuè yáng Lóu Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2] / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
 Zhà dé Hú Lake Chad
 Qī hé zhōu Semirechye region of Kazakhstan, bordering Lake Balkash 巴爾喀什湖|巴尔喀什湖[Ba1 er3 ka1 shi2 Hu2]
 Yī sāi kè Hú Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan
 nèi liú hé inward flowing river / river flowing into desert or salt lake, e.g. Tarim river 塔里木河
 Běi hú qū North lake district / Beihu district of Chenzhou city 郴州市[Chen1 zhou1 shi4], Hunan
 Hū lún Hú Hulun Lake of Inner Mongolia
 Tǎn gá ní kā Hú Lake Tanganyika in East Africa
 yàn sè hú dammed lake / lake formed by landslip or lava flow
 dà hú qū Lake district, north England
 An1 dà lu:è Hú Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2]
 Mì xiē gēn Hú Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2]
 Chá ěr hán Yán hú Qarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai
 Cháo hú Chaohu prefecture-level city in Anhui / Chaohu lake
 Bā ěr kā shí Hú Lake Balkhash in southeast Kazakhstan
 Mù gé cuò Lake Mibgai Co or Miga Tso, in Dartsendo or Kangding 康定[Kang1 ding4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
 Mì luó jiāng Miluo river in Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, flows into Dongting lake
 Yuán jiāng river in Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖 / Yuanjiang, county-level city in Yiyang 益陽|益阳[Yi4 yang2], Hunan
 huǒ hú burning lake / lake of burning sulfur / inferno (in Christian mythology)
 Wū lún gǔ Hú Ulungur Lake in Xinjiang
 róng yán hú lava lake
 shān hú tán coral lake
 Chéng hǎi Hú Chenghai Lake in Lijiang 麗江市|丽江市, Hunan
 Aì dīng Hú Ayding Lake (Aydingkol) in Xinjiang
 Aì bǐ Hú Aibi Lake (Ebinur) in Xinjiang
 Què pí Quepi lake (irrigation project in Han to Tang times on Huai river 淮河 / in modern Anhui)
 Yún dāng Hú Yundang or Yuandang Lake in Xiamen
西 Xī hú qū West lake district (place name) / Xihu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang / Xihu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
 Bèi ěr Hú Buir Lake of Inner Mongolia
 Cháng bái shān tiān chí Changbaishan Tianchi, volcanic crater lake on the border between China and North Korea
 Léi zhá yē Hú Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake / formerly called lake Rezaiyeh
 Yán hú qū Yanhu district (Salt Lake district) of Yuncheng city 運城市|运城市[Yun4 cheng2 shi4], Shanxi
 Dì dì kā kā Hú Lake Titicaca
 Bó dēng Hú Lake Constance (between Germany, Austria and Switzerland)
 yáng zhuó yōng cuò Yamdrok Lake, Tibet
 là kè Yamdrok Lake, Tibet
  mesotrophic lake
  Committee on River and Lake Basins
 nán jí bīng chuān xià hú bó kān tàn zhuān jiā zǔ Group of Specialists on Subglacial Antarctic Lake Exploration
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